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An appeals court in New York has upheld a summary judgement that favoured Dr Luke in his ongoing defamation legal battle with Kesha. In particular, judges confirmed that Luke – despite being a very successful and well known record producer and label owner – is not a “public figure”, which has a significant impact on cases of this kind.This defamation action is all that remains of a long-running, multi-layered and quite complicated legal battle between Luke and Kesha.

NEW YORK -- An appellate court ruled for music producer Dr. Luke on Thursday on an important legal question in his defamation suit against pop star Kesha, saying the Grammy-nominated hitmaker isn't a public figure in the eyes of the law.The decision isn't a final judgment in the long-running court clash between the multiplatinum-selling singer, who says Dr.

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Naman Ramachandran The Indian federal government has passed an order that scraps the Information and Broadcasting ministry’s Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT), the first avenue of appeal if a filmmaker disagrees with a certification decision. Instead, filmmakers will have to go to court.The FCAT was set up in 1952 under the Indian Cinematograph Act.

Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who is serving a 23 years long jail term, on Monday lodged a fresh appeal against his sexual assault convictions.

trial. The former Hollywood producer is arguing that a New York judge denied him an impartial jury when he was convicted last year of sexual assault and rape, according to a Monday court filing.

NEW YORK -- More than a year after Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction, his lawyers are demanding a new trial, arguing in court papers Monday that that landmark #MeToo prosecution that put him behind bars was buoyed by improper rulings from a judge who was “cavalier” in protecting the disgraced movie mogul’s right to a fair trial.In a 166-page brief filed with a state appellate court, Weinstein's lawyers took repeated aim at Manhattan Judge James Burke, arguing that he swayed the trial’s outcome

convicted last year of a first-degree criminal sexual act and third-degree rape after a months-long trial that heard the testimonies of six women who accused the former Hollywood mogul of sexual assault. He was sentenced to 23 years in prison.But in Monday’s 166-page appeal, Weinstein’s defense took issue with a juror who they claimed was dishonest during jury selection about the themes of her novel.“Juror No.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterHarvey Weinstein filed an appeal on Monday of his conviction on counts of sexual assault and rape, arguing that the judge made numerous errors that resulted in a rigged trial.Weinstein’s attorney, Barry Kamins, argued that the judge should have excluded Juror 11, saying she could not have been impartial because she had written a novel that involved sexual exploitation by predatory older men.

An appeals court has reversed a case involving the Andy Warhol Foundation and a series of images of rock star Prince.

An early investor in country outfit the Zac Brown Band has failed to overturn a previous court ruling that said he was not due a cut of monies generated by the sale of individual tracks by the band. The Georgia Court Of Appeal has ruled that a lower court was right in concluding that a 2007 agreement only provided Braden Copeland with a royalty on album sales.Copeland first lent money to Zac Brown and his then fledgling band in 2006, to help fund recording and touring costs.

Twitter wants to make its content moderation more transparent and its appeals process more robust, and to work some more on an open source initiative called Blue Sky that could relieve pressure on the company as a centralized curator of content.

British songwriters Brian Clover and Scott McCulloch have asked the good old Ninth Circuit – everyone’s favourite circuit, surely – to revive their song-theft lawsuit against that notable – although only alleged – song thief The Weeknd.

video on Twitter on Wednesday night amid signs that significant numbers of young people are quitting the party because of the hostility of some members towards transgender people.

Coffee chain bringing new jobs to PerthHowever, a reporter working for the Scottish Government’s Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) signalled he was minded to grant Springfield Properties permission for the Pitdownies Farm scheme in July last year after the company appealed against the committee’s decision.Now the same reporter, David Buylla, has said he is minded to do the same with Persimmon Homes after it similarly appealed against the committee’s decision last October.Mr

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which was overpowering the neighbourhood.An investigation found that a dormer window was larger than had been agreed and the building's footprint also exceeded the dimensions under the original plans.It was 0.59m wider, 0.52m deeper and 0.50m taller than had been allowed by planners.In a report lodged with Bolton Council along with retrospective plans, consultants AZH said: “Work on site stopped in order establish how best to address the errors.“The contractor who undertook the work is no longer

Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are making a final appeal to the outgoing President Trump to show his commitment to free speech by granting a full pardon to the jailed publisher. Former actress Pamela Anderson, who has been a longtime supporter of Assange, exclusively told Fox News that it would be a "bold move on the part of President Trump" to grant a pardon.

With less than a week to go before her scheduled execution at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, on Jan. 12, attorneys for Lisa Montgomery are pleading with President Trump to agree to her clemency petition and save her life.

Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the citySalford council is anticipating a £15m loss in business rates this year with more businesses expected to win appeals over the rateable value of their property.The local authority previously estimated the cost of appeals this financial year to be around £5.6m, but this estimate has now increased by more than £9.6m.It comes as the council faces a £50.4m deficit in its business rates collection fund –

A three-judge panel on the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York has upheld the bribery conviction for Chi Ping Patrick Ho, the former Hong Kong home affairs secretary and former chairman of a think tank funded by a Chinese energy conglomerate, CEFC.

Kiss bassist Gene Simmons has shared a photo of the band wearing face masks and urged their fans to do the same.Simmons posted the picture of the band without their conventional face paint while travelling to their forthcoming New Year’s Eve show in Dubai.“Wear your masks. Even if it’s only as a courtesy.

A mother in Los Angeles County says she feels "sick" after learning that special circumstance charges against three of the men accused of murdering her 20-year-old son and throwing him off a cliff were dismissed Friday under new District Attorney George Gascon’s sweeping reforms. Desiree Andrade told FOX11 Los Angeles that the death of her son, Julian Andrade, left her devastated and that Gascon’s office has yet to reach out to her about the case.

Charlotte Crosby has asked her fans for advice after revealing she felt “a little unsettled” when she realised her heart was beating faster than usual.Taking to her Instagram stories, Charlotte, 30, recorded herself speaking directly to camera as she explained she had noticed the sensation while lying down, and wondered if anyone might have any tips on how she could stop it.The former Geordie Shore star said: “So some serious help I need help with right now.” Get exclusive celebrity stories and

PASADENA, Calif. -- A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a lawsuit filed by the Michael Jackson estate over an HBO documentary about two of the late pop star's sex abuse accusers can go forward in private arbitration.A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S.

A federal appeals court indicated it may reinstate charges against Michael Flynn's former business partner while Flynn remains absolved of any liability in the matter. The U.S.

Salford girl fighting cancer has gone viral after appealing for people to send her thumbs-up selfies on Twitter.  Emily Martin was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in June and has been in Manchester Children’s Hospital ever since. Alarm bells first started to ring when the 11-year-old, from Swinton, began fainting and feeling pain in her ankles. Her parents Andy and Dawn took Emily to Salford Royal Hospital where blood tests showed abnormalities. It wasn’t long after they received

Johnny Depp has applied to the U. K.

Attorney Sidney Powell is filing an emergency appeal with the 11th Circuit after a Georgia federal judge dismissed her challenge of the state's results in the presidential election. Powell’s efforts come on the “safe harbor” day, which federal statute says is the final day for election disputes to be resolved before Congress is bound to accept the results.

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a lower court was wrong to bar the Trump administration from taking $3.6 billion from military construction projects for a border wall. A panel of the 5th U.S.

The Trump 2020 Campaign looked ahead to a potential Supreme Court fight after a panel of federal appeals judges in Pennsylvania dismissed the campaign's lawsuit over alleged voter fraud in the presidential election.  “The campaign’s claims have no merit,” the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled Friday, despite Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani arguing to a lower court that widespread voter fraud occurred in a state where President-elect Joe Biden won by just over 80,000 votes.

A federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit by the Trump campaign over Pennsylvania's voting procedures on Friday, paving the way for the issue to escalate all the way up to the Supreme Court. Despite Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani arguing to a lower court that widespread voter fraud occurred in a state where President-elect Joe Biden won by over 80,000 votes, the 3rd U.S.

Donald Trump as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who says he raped her in the 1990s.Department attorneys notified U.S. District Judge Lewis A.

A federal appeals court has ruled that Tennessee can begin outlawing abortions because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, as well as prohibit the procedure if it’s based on the race or gender of the fetus. Tennessee Republican Gov.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterHBO urged an appeals court on Thursday to throw out a lawsuit brought by the Michael Jackson estate over the “Leaving Neverland” documentary.The estate sued HBO for $100 million, arguing that the network broke a 27-year-old promise not to disparage the late pop star by accusing him of child sexual abuse.The estate has also argued that the subjects of the documentary — Wade Robson and James Safechuck — had a financial incentive to fabricate their allegations.